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Community Contributions Worksheet

Explore how people can make a positive difference in their community. For the sorting questions, choose Helps, Hurts or Depends. Some actions depend on how they are carried out.

Community actions

Think about how everyday choices affect people who share a neighbourhood.

1.Select every action that could help build a stronger community.

Offer to read with children at a local centre
Leave rubbish beside a playground bin
Help a neighbour carry groceries
Join a working bee to plant trees
Organise a respectful street clean-up
Ignore a community member who needs assistance

2.A neighbour plays loud music late at night. Does this usually help, hurt or depend on the circumstances in the community?

Helps
Hurts
Depends

3.Someone gives clean, usable toys to a local charity. Does this usually help, hurt or depend on the circumstances?

Helps
Hurts
Depends

4.A household puts up a fence along its property. Does this usually help, hurt or depend on the circumstances?

Helps
Hurts
Depends

5.A resident reports unsafe graffiti on a public building to the council. Does this usually help, hurt or depend on the circumstances?

Helps
Hurts
Depends

6.Neighbours plan a street gathering. Does this usually help, hurt or depend on the circumstances?

Helps
Hurts
Depends

7.A dog walker leaves their dog's mess on a shared footpath. Does this usually help, hurt or depend on the circumstances?

Helps
Hurts
Depends

8.A group asks the council to improve street lighting so people can see more safely at night. Does this usually help, hurt or depend on the circumstances?

Helps
Hurts
Depends

Follow the reasons

Use the 5 Whys to think more deeply about why community contributions matter. Begin with the question below. Each answer should give a reason that leads to the next 'Why?'

9.Why might people choose to contribute time or effort to their community? Write a reason, then ask why that reason matters and continue for five linked answers.

Plan a community contribution

Choose realistic actions that are safe and suitable for you. You could contribute at home, at school or in a local shared space.

10.Write a personal community action pledge with three specific ways you could contribute. Include what you will do and, where useful, who or what it could help.

11.Explain why you selected your three pledge actions and describe one positive effect they could have on other people or a shared place.